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Galwalas

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Galwalas, galwealas, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m. [wealh foreign; cf. Bryt-walas]
Gauls, Frenchmen, people of Gaul in a body, and as the name of a people is often used where according to later usage the name of their country would be found, the word may be translated Gaul, France; Galli, Gallia
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  • Hér wæs Brihtwald gehálgod to ærcebiscope fram Godune Galwala biscop

    in this year [A. D. 693] Brihtwald was consecrated archbishop by Godun bishop of the Gauls,

    • Chr. 693
      • ;
    • Erl. 43, 17.

  • He gewát into Galwalum

    he went into Gaul,

    • Chr. Erl. 5, 5, 14.

  • Hér Ægelbryht of Galwalum [Galwealum,

      Th. 50, 2, col. 2, 3
    ] onféng Wesseaxna bisceopdóme

    in this year [A. D. 650] Ægelbyrht of Gaul received the bishopric of the West Saxons,

    • Chr. 650
      • ;
    • Th. 50, 2, col. 1 : 660
      • ;
    • Th. 54, 16.

  • He fór in Galwalas

    he went into Gaul,

    • 380
      • ;
    • Erl. 11, 2.
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v. Gallias.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Galwalas.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13246.

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